Mauritius

English

Etymology

From a Latinized form of the name of Maurits van Nassau.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /məˈɹɪʃəs/, /mɔːˈɹɪʃəs/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Mauritius

  1. A country in the Indian Ocean. Official name: Republic of Mauritius
  2. Main island of the nation of the Republic of Mauritius.
  3. Given name; e.g., St. Mauritius

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading


Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Mauritius

  1. Mauritius

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Mauritius n

  1. Mauritius (country)

Finnish

Etymology

From Dutch Mauritius.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑu̯ritius/, [ˈmɑu̯riˌt̪ius̠]
  • Rhymes: -ius
  • Syllabification(key): Mau‧ri‧ti‧us

Proper noun

Mauritius

  1. Mauritius

Declension

Inflection of Mauritius (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative Mauritius
genitive Mauritiuksen
partitive Mauritiusta
illative Mauritiukseen
singular plural
nominative Mauritius
accusative nom. Mauritius
gen. Mauritiuksen
genitive Mauritiuksen
partitive Mauritiusta
inessive Mauritiuksessa
elative Mauritiuksesta
illative Mauritiukseen
adessive Mauritiuksella
ablative Mauritiukselta
allative Mauritiukselle
essive Mauritiuksena
translative Mauritiukseksi
instructive
abessive Mauritiuksetta
comitative
Possessive forms of Mauritius (type vastaus)
possessor singular plural
1st person Mauritiukseni Mauritiuksemme
2nd person Mauritiuksesi Mauritiuksenne
3rd person Mauritiuksensa

Derived terms


German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maʊˈʁiːt͡sjus/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Mauritius n (proper noun, genitive Mauritius' or (with an article) Mauritius)

  1. Mauritius (an island and country in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean)

Derived terms


Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɒuriːt͡sijus]
  • Hyphenation: Ma‧u‧ri‧ti‧us
  • Rhymes: -us

Proper noun

Mauritius

  1. Mauritius (a country in Africa)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Mauritius
accusative Mauritiust
dative Mauritiusnak
instrumental Mauritiusszal
causal-final Mauritiusért
translative Mauritiusszá
terminative Mauritiusig
essive-formal Mauritiusként
essive-modal
inessive Mauritiusban
superessive Mauritiuson
adessive Mauritiusnál
illative Mauritiusba
sublative Mauritiusra
allative Mauritiushoz
elative Mauritiusból
delative Mauritiusról
ablative Mauritiustól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
Mauritiusé
non-attributive
possessive - plural
Mauritiuséi
Possessive forms of Mauritius
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Mauritiusom
2nd person sing. Mauritiusod
3rd person sing. Mauritiusa
1st person plural Mauritiusunk
2nd person plural Mauritiusotok
3rd person plural Mauritiusuk

Derived terms

  • mauritiusi

Italian

Proper noun

Mauritius m

  1. Mauritius

Derived terms


Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Mauritius

  1. Mauritius

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Mauritius

  1. Mauritius

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mawˈrit.jus/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -itjus
  • Syllabification: Mau‧rit‧ius

Proper noun

Mauritius m

  1. Mauritius (a country consisting of a main island and several smaller islands in the Indian Ocean, 2000 kilometers off the coast of Southern Africa)

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
nouns

Further reading

  • Mauritius in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Mauritius in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Proper noun

Mauritius n (genitive Mauritius)

  1. Mauritius

Turkish

Proper noun

Mauritius

  1. Mauritius (a country in Southeastern Africa)

Declension

See also

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